Abstract

Increasing globalisation and worldwide mobility
means that the overall “traffic” system
is becoming ever more complex. In particular
the requirements in the railways and rail
vehicles sector continue to increase, for example,
in Europe through the need for interoperability
where there may be very different
requirements due to the limitations of
the existing rail network and in Asia through
ever increasing operating speeds. In addition,
in South and North America there are
efforts to build up long-distance passenger
travel (again).